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Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
I can't argue with someone who uses Michael Phelps to make a point about the dedication necessary to be a top ice dancer.
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I thought we were talking about male atheletes in general. I drew that conclusion from your post that started this mini-thread, where you said "I'm not sure why boys are encouraged to diversify their sports activities until competitive high school coaches require them to specialize, but prepubescent girls are expected to work out for four hours a day, delaying growth and onset of menstruation. WTF? You're expected to sacrifice your body for ten years for the glory of the motherland."
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I get your point, and Hank's. I don't think ice dancing is equivalent to women's gymnastics. Are we going to talk about the fact that Bonnie Blair was on skates at two when we discuss men's curling? My point was that men's gymnastics is no doubt intense and rigorous. I dispute merely that it requires the same single-mindedness at age seven as is required of future female Olympians.
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I can't argue with someone who uses an anecdote about an ice dancer he knew in high school to make a point about the relative single-mindedness of male and female gymnasts.
Do they do the ice dancing after the parallel bars, or before?
